“It’s tough for people to afford houses and a lot of people have to come in from far away,” he said.
“Here in Austin, our factory’s like five minutes from the airport, 15 minutes from downtown, and we’re going to create an ecological paradise here because we’re right on the Colorado River,” he added. “It’s gonna be great.”
And he also built SpaceX’s Starbase testing facility and rocket lab in South Texas. Starbase employs nearly 1,700 people with a payroll of over $80 million. Elon Musk’s businesses add to the local economy. And the state is more affordable than California.
